When art captures infinity: With her light installation “For iTernity”, Katja Heitmann allowed a dancer to become immortal in a dreamlike way. In doing so, she not only subtly explored the human desire to never be forgotten, but also paid critical homage to the medium of the internet. At KLANGLICHT 2019 on Karmeliterplatz, visitors were invited to discover the glowing ballet dancer moving gently around and above their heads using screens (mirrors). The music for the installation was based on Mozart’s “Requiem”, sung by an American YouTube vlogger.

KLANGLICHT 2019

Katja Heitmann (1987, Hamburg) lives and works in the Netherlands. A choreographer by training, her artistic work moves between theater, dance, visual art, performance and installation. The central theme in her work is always movement. Does man move the machine or does the machine move man? Her performative installations show in a poetic way that the answer can never be clear. Katja Heitmann was honored as “Outstanding Choreographic Talent” at the Dutch Dance Festival in 2016.

Technical realization: Katja Heitmann